Kyzyl Kum – Sable Rouge (2012)

Balsting their way to the USA with eight tracks of instrumental Doom/Stoner Metal, today we have France’s Kyzyl Kum and their debut release “Sable Rouge”. Featuring a high-dosage of crushing riffing and tight drumming, this debut release showcases the abilities of this two-man destructive machine in the vein of Black Cobra, Bison, Kylesa and Bongzilla.

Clocking in around 40 minutes, this release gets going with the atmospheric intro “Kosmiska Superskunk” and fully kicks into gear with the super catchy “Cause des smicards sur du funk”. The band has a little Southern twang in their sound, and this track clearly shows that groovy side of things. The guitars keep assault the listener with “Because Death of Icare Sucks”, a track that has a very raw nature to it, but still sounds crisp enough to fully enjoy the waves of distortion coming at you.

Besides the excellent music crafted in this release, its presentation is quite unique. With a pretty cracked out cover and similar package presentation, this is one release you will surely want to add to your collection. Finalizing this release we have the punishing duo of “Cobaye scorbut (Pose mon arme Chuck)” and “Goodbye Jean-Luc”. Both tracks keep the same pace of the album and deliver quite a mountain of riffs and well-crafted drum patterns. Fading into the end of this release we have the outro “Oh oui ! Le Grand-Duc !”

If you are looking for new instrumental Stoner/Doom Metal bands, be sure to check Kyzyl Kum out, this band has great potential. Keeping us entertained for the duration of “Sable Rouge” is quite a feat for a Sludge/Doom band since we are easily bored by releases in this genre, making this release a very enjoyable listening experience filled with excellent guitar work.

Release: March 15th, 2012

Country: France